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... - I - - THE BOERS MASSING AT STORMBERG. Despite General Gatacre's opinion to the contrary, the fidelity of the guides who led the column to Stormberg is doubted. A laconic message states -that both were found tohavo been shot during the retreat. No details were given. General Gatacre, on Dee. 14, issued a proclamation forbidding all persons on farms and holdings from moving aboun the district ...
... I MEETINGS & I l Yntional S u ,-rI .E - Gr-.at Ceutral PItl-r 'rt 1130a.mu.. to iri , , worthand Leices' 5d l trt d Notticahbam t. 4' l ?? i i tiritccsic, ?? Scr.i o c ~ -a PBy Soth-Easter a Street l.-12, ro2l , . 1.15, w ,e)lws, ;* 1ocxliII, acid Donr - S.r. Bands p ?? ,, Batter;ea, i'l Jl y, toria IamIcs, -,.d i c. t.G.. Bandj IaY ?? Kseannis Otoni ai 1i . tall woods, C os FieLds, e'o-tm I ...
... I H{OME PETS. I SNAKES AND FBOGS. Of the many creatures that axe nowadays acde pets of, perhaps the oldest are snakes and frogs, The repugnance so usually ex- perieneed at the sight of a snake does not prevent a large sale of tho reptiles by the purveyors of live creatures. The common English ,rSke, ealled also the Grass fnake, the Water Snake, and the Ringed Snake, makes an interesting and ...
... PiPOJLETT EARLIDG1f, I IORGAN-GRI1NDER AS CLAIMANT. Wilhiam Henrv, sixth Earl of Poulett, died on Sunday at his residenee in Lon- den, at theaggeof 62. By his death some remarkable litigation is likely to ensue, as there are rival claimants to the earl- dom, and the caso discloses asc oat th s most extraordinary romances of the peer- aae of maoern times. With egard to the late earl it may be ...
... I ROYAL B~iIsU NUUSfS I The Roval British Nurses' association owee to Priscoins Christian, as, presi- dnub, much of ite reputation a a I model oi what a oharitable institution soould be, and yesterdity her Royal bigh- noss presided orer the anillual mneeting of ?? on, for whicoha largega.inering: ?? at the Wehuminster town hail. 'iha council was well reprasented, and those present inclu-ied ...
... I e ONE ?? DOUnT.-Tho husband con mnalts a deed of gift or voluntary settlement in favour of his wife, but it will be absolutely void against the trustee in banllrtptcy if the settler becones a bankrulpt within ?? years froin the date of the deed; and if the settlor becomes a bankrupt wvithin ten yeacas ?? the date of the dead3 the wvife lwill lhave to prove that the settlor wees able, at tlhe ...
... I EFOREIGN EPITLO' M. I TesT, Swvedish expedition which went. in search of Andree has returned to Stock- holm, after exploring, and making in- quiriesin Northern Siberia without find.- ing any traces of the unfortisnate aeronaut or his balloon. THE Sultan has made a Christmas pre. sent to the German Empress of a riding horse, and to the Princess Victoria Louisa, the -onngest child of their Im- ...
... I , , I Tite samzrv.? I |flY WO!. EA~tic m. SMASOINABLE GAIdDENING. OsU300Or SEEDLING LETxrrzc transplanted upon sunny aspecz boriesxs or retained in similar positious in sesd bces are ?? the weather well, and unless severer frosts occur are likely to come in very usefully in the canly sprig. months, To assist them in surmoouiting excess of moisture it is im- portan t to stir the suriace soil ...
... ALL .RroHS REsETBED .J1 3Pioinate i to t 2Itlontike. B L tOUIS B. TISDATLE. ?? a' it roeweth Late, Her Picture. &O. lk avmond ias lazily rending the werninO ?? suddenly this plarm norti? the well-known ?? isa etermined to visit tead oike. 'She sta~rt immediately, {d jo es tho be mon t he birt to revah toenti ged eods tsftnr t~le iw:@ brsaksu up.' &lnoe! he a1L bin ri~ ?? freak ought ...
... I 1 The C.O. of the 3rd Middlesex A.Y. has announced the result of oompetitive gun practice whiclh took place on the batteries at Shoeburyness for prizes amounting to 30 guineas. The first prize of 211. was won by No. 2 battery, under Lient. Battorsby, vith a totl1 of 1331 points; and the second prize of 107. 10s. by No. 4 battery, under Capt. Bayldon, with 111I pcint-s;t&e team s next in ...
... LLOYD'S WEEKLY' NEWSPAPER. ' I OUR REVEPSE. The intense excitement with which the irst news of the capture of two British battalions was received has been somewhat lessened by the later official report. There is, however, none the less cause for the deepest regret at the deplorable disaster. The one solace is that it reflects in no way upon the braveqy,honour, or discipline of the force ...
... rjB TRANSVAAL. I I .WE33RS READY TO ADVANCE. ΒΆ3BITIilISH PREPARATIONS rlb newB from the Transvaal this Inh_&as been of a most conflicting 'e i Dr. Leyds, at Brussels, was ta -r spencible for a report that p-.dsrat lornger had addrersed an ! 1IaOQr to the B3rItish Government ana itdig the withdrawal of the British rm tthe frontier within 48 hours. TL csi: stated that the ultimatum was en( Monda ...